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history
finding out about the past
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Artefact | a man-made object |
| carbon dating | a method used by archaeologists to date objects |
| primary source | a source made or written at the time the event took place |
| secondary source | a second hand source written or made by someone who was not a witness to the event |
| pre-history | this a period of history before written records were kept |
| rescue/salvage archaeology | when archaeologists carry out an emergency dig on a site that is in danger of being destroyed |
| census | a survey of population numbers in a country at a particular time |
| museum | a place where artefacts from the past are kept |
| archive | a place where documents from the past are stored |